The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 1197 , Segment 1

Sewing to Survive

Episode: Sewing to Survive

  • Sep 29, 2021 6:00 pm
  • 26:57

In Auschwitz, twenty-five Jewish slaves used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust. The Upper Tailoring Studio, run by the commandant's wife, Hedwig Höss, and a prisoner, Marta Fuchs, was created to design, cut, and sew popular fashions for the Nazi elite. But it was also the means of saving Jewish women from the gas chambers. Guest: Lucy Adlington, author of "The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive"